If they weren't they'd be ... fur-bearing animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fuzzy Papers]

It was a trade of the very best fur-bearing animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gorky Park]

Where's the attraction? shouted the fur-bearing fellow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curious George's Trip to Hell] Reference

Plenty of meat and fur-bearing animals, and food that grows.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

The name is Spanish for a fur-bearing animal of the mink species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference

The streams were filled with beaver and other fur-bearing animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference

Winter activities are trapping small fur-bearing animals and fishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indigenous peoples, animals, and climate in the Arctic] Reference

The populations of fur-bearing animals were everywhere in steep decline.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Fur, Fortune, and Empire'] Reference

Birds have habits which make them easier to kill than fur-bearing animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservation Reader] Reference

Bay Company, which found its forests and waters a mine of fur-bearing wealth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference

Her torso, I noticed, was covered by a scarf fashioned of fur-bearing animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime] Reference

They may be platypuses but you won't find a better duck-billed fur-bearing egg-layer anywhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Power and the Fuel-Sipping Glory2.73:1] Reference

“What you think is the first crime turns out to be the second,” the fur-bearing woman had said.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Say Nothing of the Dog]

After perusing the selection of these top-quality fur-bearing creations, I decided that I WANT one!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-01-01] Reference

Two boys of the two families used to trap for mink and other fur-bearing animals during the winter season.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference

The fur-bearing animals, if hunted in moderation, would have continued to people the wilds for all time to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservation Reader] Reference

Of the many fur-bearing animals which once inhabited the Northwest, beavers were the most widespread and abundant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservation Reader] Reference

Wetlands have the highest diversity of species with many species of birds, fur-bearing mammals, amphibians and reptiles.    From Wordnik.com.  [AP Environmental Science Chapter 5- The Biosphere] Reference

He had to remember that Grego was the man who had wanted to treat Fuzzies as fur-bearing animals and exterminate the whole race.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fuzzy Papers]

Louisiana coastal wetlands support a sport hunting industry, a growing alligator industry, and the trapping of fur-bearing animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Louisiana (EPA)] Reference

Invasive species and fires are degrading the habitats of the Great Basin, while hunting threatens populations of fur-bearing mammals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Basin shrub steppe] Reference

Along with fur-bearing animals, trappers also catch non-target animals like deer, birds, squirrels, endangered species, cats and dogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: The Power Of Rice] Reference

Fur is the undergrowth found on most fur-bearing animals and has in a modified way the scaly structure and felting properties of wool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Textiles and Clothing] Reference

Trade in animal parts, especially skins and ivory of marine mammals, and trapping and sale of fur-bearing animals go far back in time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Management and Conservation of Wildlife in a Changing Arctic Environment] Reference

In a tax-free world, this would give mea return of - 1%, and I would pass up the opportunity to own my very own fur-bearing trout ranch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

I'm sure that many people who insist on wearing real fur have no idea how much suffering it causes fur-bearing animals from their birth to death.    From Wordnik.com.  [LETTERS] Reference

No region where fur-bearing animals have their lairs, or birds of beautiful plumage have their nests, is too far away or too difficult for the hunters and trappers to go and hunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservation Reader] Reference

Raccoon, in fact, seemed to be the fur-bearing critter of the season - or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

"She seems as elusive as the fur-bearing pollywog," announced the professor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic] Reference

Thus sheep lose their wool in tropical climates and a northern fur-bearing animal its fur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time and Change] Reference

"You are quite sure you have not been fooled also on the fur-bearing pollywog?" asked Frank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic] Reference

"Cheer up," said Billy at length, "remember there is always the fur-bearing pollywog to be captured.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic] Reference

"Why, no," admitted the professor; "but he has proved that there must be a fur-bearing pollywog down here.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic] Reference

They contrived many traps for the capture of fur-bearing animals, and to catch turkeys and other game for food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Far Past the Frontier] Reference

Mother Nature gave dogs (and other fur-bearing species) coats to offer protection from heat, cold and other elements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Stephen Miller] Reference

For Professor Thomas Tapper, who told me about the fur-bearing pollywog of the South Polar seas, I have the warmest respect.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic] Reference